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- The song "Shenandoah" appears to have originated with American and Canadian voyageurs or fur traders traveling down the Missouri River in canoes and has developed several different sets of lyrics. Some lyrics refer to the Oneida chief Shenandoah and a canoe-going trader who wants to marry his daughter.
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Oh Shenandoah" (also called "Shenandoah", "Across the Wide Missouri", "Rolling River", "Oh, My Rolling River", "World of Misery") is a traditional folk song, sung in the Americas, of uncertain origin, dating to the early 19th century.
The lyrics tell the story of a canoeing voyageur, or fur trader, who was in love with the daughter of a Native American chief. This earliest known version of the song likely originated with French Canadian voyageurs who traded with Native Americans around the Great Lakes starting in the 16th century.
Apr 25, 2024 · Shenandoah is a traditional American folk song that originated in the early 19th century. The song was first sung by sailors and rivermen who worked on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers of America. The song was, however, originally known as “Oh Shenandoah” and was a tribute to the Native American chief of the Shenandoah Valley.
“Shenandoah” is an American folk song dating back to the early 19th century and is believed to have originated from French travelers journeying down the Missouri River. It was printed in the April 1876 issue of The New Dominion Monthly in an article titled “Sailor Songs,” by Captain Robert Chamblet Adams.
Aug 28, 2017 · Shenandoah, Harve Presnell, 1965. "Shenandoah" - An American folk song of uncertain origin and with no set of lyrics. Here is one of several versions of the song, that draws on the lyrics of ...
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Ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax explained the song most likely originated with American and French-Canadian fur traders that canoed down the Missouri River and its tributaries while singing songs to quell their loneliness.
We know the song "Shenandoah" today as a pillar of Americana and traditional jazz, but 200 years ago it was a love song, then a work song, and then the first...
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